As students all over the country await their degree results they can take some comfort from the fact that universities are now awarding significantly better degrees than they were 15 years ago. This is particularly true of First Class degrees. According to a BBC report this morning, the percentage of students getting Firsts in 1994 was 7%. In 2009 it was 13%, an increase of nearly 100%.
What's the explanation? Nicola Dandridge, the chief executive of Universities UK, points to the higher percentage of top A-level grades in the same period and claims that students are now working harder. "That should be praised," she says. (To read more, click here.)
